Executions
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An execution is the act by which a state puts a condemned person to death. Hands Off Cain records the cases documented by public sources: press agencies, local newspapers, human rights organisations, official statements. The figure that results is a confirmed minimum, not an estimate of the real total: several states publish no data on executions, and in some countries they are not announced even to the families.
This page collects the news on the executions recorded by the association. The totals by country and by year are in the database.
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- DECEMBER 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT MASHHAD PRISON
According to the Iranian website, Rokna, a 50 years old man was executed on the morning of 12 December 2018 at Mashhad Central Prison.
DECEMBER 20, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 310 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, 56 EXECUTED
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on 16 December 2018 released details of the death sentences awarded to convicted terrorists and their executions following trial by military courts.
- DECEMBER 19, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FORM MURDERING FAMILY MEMBER
A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on 13 December 2018 sentenced 24-year-old man, Binfa Lamde, to death-by-hanging for hacking his stepmother to death.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
DPIC 2018 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH PENALTY USAGE STAYS NEAR GENERATIONAL LOWS
The long-term decline of death-penalty use in the U.S. continued in 2018, as a twentieth state abolished capital punishment and executions and new death sentences remained near generational lows.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): JOSE ANTONIO JIMENEZ EXECUTED
Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed on 13 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN URMIA OVER DRUG CHARGES
According to the IHR sources, Younes Azizi was hanged on 10 December 2018 at Urmia Central Prison. He was sentenced to death for drug offenses.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.
- DECEMBER 12, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ALVIN AVON BRAZIEL EXECUTED
Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed on 11 December 2018.
DECEMBER 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT QAZVIN PRISON
According to Iranian media outlets reports, an unnamed prisoner was hanged on the rape charges on the morning of 9 December 2018 at Qazvin Central Prison.
- DECEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Governatorate of Al Khobar
11 December 2018: Ahmed bin Musfer bin Shaaban al-Maalawi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayed bin Asaad bin Said al-Ahmed beheaded for murder
11 December 2018: Ayed bin Asaad bin Said al-Ahmed executed
DECEMBER 11, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT GORGAN PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on the charge of rape at Gorgan Central Prison on 4 December 2018
DECEMBER 11, 2018North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: SERIAL RAPIST PUBLICLY EXECUTED
A serial rapist who raped nine women in North Hamgyong Province’s Onsong County has been publicly executed by firing squad, local sources have reported.
- DECEMBER 11, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed.
USA - Texas. Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed.
- DECEMBER 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Mecca
10 December 2018: Shahbal Iqbal Muhammad executed for drugs trafficking
DECEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: INMATES HANGED AT KARAJ AND BANDAR ABBAS PRISONS
Two prisoners were hanged on 8 December 2018 at the prisons of Karaj and Bandar Abbas.
- DECEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MASS EXECUTION OF 12 INMATES IN KERMAN CENTRAL PRISON
Iran on 6 December 2018 executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges.
DECEMBER 10, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING ONE CHILD, HANGED THIS YEAR
This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since South Sudan gained independence in 2011, according to evidence provided to Amnesty International by legal professionals and government officials.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. David Earl Miller was executed in the state’s electric chair.
USA - Tennessee. David Earl Miller was executed in the state’s electric chair.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS: JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER GARCIA EXECUTED
Joseph Christopher Garcia, 47, Hispanic, was executed on 4 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One Syrian and two Pakistani nationals beheaded in Mecca
5 December 2018: Abdulrahman Ghaleb Ramdhun, Dawsat Mohammed Bir Mohammed and Ghalem Shabir Mohammed Amir executed for drugs trafficking
- DECEMBER 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER CONVICTED OF MURDERING PROMINENT CLERIC AND CHILD ABUSER HANGED
A prisoner convicted of murdering a prominent cleric who had allegedly sexually abused him when he was a minor, was hanged on 1 December 2018 morning at Rasht Central Prison in northern Iran.
- DECEMBER 4, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Joseph Christopher Garcia was executed.
USA - Texas. Joseph Christopher Garcia was executed.
- DECEMBER 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PUBLIC EXECUTION OF A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
A prisoner was hanged in public at Iranian city of Taft (Central Iran) on 29 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Abha
2 December 2018: Hamed bin Hadi bin Shalaan al-Qahtani executed for murder
- NOVEMBER 30, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ TO HANG MAN BEHIND 2012 TWIN CAR BOMBINGS IN KARBALA MARKET
A local court in the Iraqi province of Karbala sentenced to death on 29 November 2018 a man convicted of being behind two car bombings in a market six years ago.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES AT TABRIZ CENTRAL PRISON
A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Tabriz Central Prison on 27 November 2018 morning.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani nationals beheaded in Riyadh
29 November 2018: Mumtaz Ahmed and Mohammed Rafiq executed for drugs trafficking
- NOVEMBER 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded for murder
29 November 2018: Qublan bin Dhafer bin Odhaiman al-Qahtani executed in Khamis Mushayt Governatorate